Sam Heffridge, a gunman, has been bailed out of jail by a robber seeking an ally in New Orleans where Hardie and Jeb are visiting; Hardie soon learns about a plot against Wells Fargo.

A man, disfigured by John during the Civil War, kidnaps Victoria to force a showdown in the high country.

A boy sees his father lynched by three men.

A railroad tycoon's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) runs away to join the wagon train and win Flint's heart. With Robert Horton.

Slim, Daisy and Mike try to help a girl rescue her mother from a well, unaware that the woman's husband is part of a stage robbery.

With James Payne.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

Bitter townspeople don't want an elderly gunfighter buried next to his wife in their cemetery.

A con man resembling Ben Cartwright poses as the rancher to negotiate with railroad representatives.

Heath considers letting a Civil War general (Andrew Duggan) join his mission.

Fran Ericson returns to Laramie looking for revenge on the stage company she blames for her father's ruin.

The shooting of a neighbor's son on Sherman land refuels the feud between the Shermans and the Parkisons, leading Ben Parkison to kidnap Jess.

Mark befriends a circus advance-man suspected of robbery.

A dapper little braggart invites challenge with tales of his gunfighting prowess.

An unscrupulous land buyer tries to get Lucas to sell his ranch.

Mark takes a sudden aversion to his father's rifle after one of his friends is killed.

A medicine man and his performing lion join the wagon train.

Mickey Rooney stars as a traveler whose journey West is filled with several mishaps.

Matt gets caught in the middle when an Ozark-mountain family feud comes to Dodge City.

Matt and Chester travel to a small town controlled by a corrupt man.

While visiting Laramie, Daisy discovers a dead body on the floor down the hall from her hotel room, but she has trouble getting people to believe her when she identifies the killer.

An outlaw known only as "The Little Man" becomes the chief suspect in a stagecoach robbery.

Hardie goes up against the famous Dalton gang.

Kitty inherits a gold mine; Matt is too busy to escort her, so she goes alone to claim it.

Two bounty hunters vie for a $30,000 reward for a wanted Mexican bandit.

Festus works to find a wife for a his nephew, who must find enough money for her dowry.

Yaqui fighters surround a wagon train, so Jim Harvey (Audie Murphy), the man guiding the pioneers, steps out to negotiate. But they ignore his pleas and overrun the wagons, leaving him for dead. He manages to escape to the nearest town, but there the law accuses him of deserting the settlers. The townspeople try to lynch him, so he flees to a ranch owned by kindly Nick (Roy Roberts), who lends Jim a trusty horse named Tumbleweed that may just be fast enough to save the day.

A widow (Joan O'Brien) crosses the desert with a drifter (Audie Murphy) and the gunman (Dan Duryea) who killed her husband.

A boy is accused of shooting an outlaw in the back.

After Major Adams discovers a pair of outcast stowaways on the wagon train and allows them to remain, one of them is accused of murder.

Jess and Mort search for the men who robbed the Laramie bank and shot Mike; after finding two, they learn the third man may be in Chlorine, so Jess heads out alone.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

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A gang comes to town to free a jailed member.

A drifter forces his attentions on a deaf girl.

A dapper man arrives on the stage and announces that he has come to kill Lucas.

Mark falls head-over-heels into his first puppy love.

A cavalry deserter (Frank Gorshin) convinces Buck to buy his camel, promising the animal will revolutionize cattle herding.

The Barkley sons and railroad detectives pursue a trio of safecrackers holding Victoria and Audra prisoner.

During the Civil War, Union forces stationed in Colorado are hampered by raiders who have been stealing their horses as they travel through the mountains. When several commanding officers begin to suspect a traitor is revealing troop movements, Maj. Lex Kearny (Gary Cooper) goes undercover to investigate. However, the assignment strains Kearny's relationship with his wife, Erin (Phyllis Thaxter), after he chooses to continue the operation instead of searching for their runaway son.

An outlaw responsible for many deaths, Cain (Clint Walker) is released from prison after years behind bars. Despite his earlier wicked ways, Cain has made a real effort to reform and just wants to be left in peace. Unfortunately, his reputation limits his employment options, and he's left with no choice except becoming a performer in a Wild West show. Working for promoter Dan Ruffalo (Vincent Price), Cain attempts to lead a relatively quiet life, but other gunslingers are still out to get him.

After his partner is killed, aging Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) is assigned to capture gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman), a condemned prisoner who managed to escape hanging, and return him to Louisiana to face his sentence. But once Cutter has him in custody, they encounter the Comancheros, a fierce band of outlaws providing guns and booze to the Comanches, and are forced to work together to stop them. When Regret proves his worth in the fight, Cutter begins to reevaluate his duties.

A charming drifter romances an elderly rancher's young wife, and the two make a sinister plan.

A notorious aging gunman returns to Dodge after five years in prison, and wants to go straight.

A man falls for one of Kitty's saloon girls, unaware of her dangerous past.

After the Civil War, rancher Thomas Dunson (James Arness) leads a dangerous cattle drive across Texas with a team that includes his adopted son, Matthew (Bruce Boxleitner), and black cowboy Jack Byrd (Stan Shaw), whose presence annoys some of the white cowboys. Fearful of Indians and struggling through the dry terrain, Dunson's men grow increasingly unhappy with his authoritarian ways. Fed up, rebellious Matthew goes to work for another ranch, infuriating his father.

The boys attempt to save Wild Bill Hickok (Josh Brolin) from an unnecessary gunfight. With Stephen Baldwin. Guest stars Wayne Northrop.

Buck (Gregg Rainwater) is the target of hostility when Sweetwater is threatened by a local tribe. Guest stars Donald H. Collier. With Anthony Zerbe.

When Jess goes to help an old prospector friend, he crosses Matt Jessup and his gang, who have the townsfolk too scared to talk.

While catching mustangs, Slim and Jess save a man's life, and Slim offers the man a spot at the ranch, to Jess' chagrin.

With Morris Cerullo.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

Biblical principles of wisdom that help individuals face life's successes.

In this weekly program, Dr. David Jeremiah delivers practical messages to the congregation at the Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego. Also featured is music from the Shadow Mountain Community Church Choir and Orchestra, as well as performances by musical guests that have included Steve Green and Charles Billingsley. Men and women who have been impacted by the Turning Point ministry also share their stories with viewers. During the month of December, "Turning Point" usually features special Christmas programming.

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Mercy Ship's crew of world class medical volunteers sail across the globe providing lifesaving surgeries to those with nowhere else to turn.

Pastor Michael Youssef proclaims God's word to all the people around the world through the ministries of Leading The Way.

Pastor Michael Youssef proclaims God's word to all the people around the world through the ministries of Leading The Way.

A rancher's past catches up to him when a stranger comes to town.

A federal official wants to bring order to the West, threatening Matt's job.

A man whom Kitty spurned is found gunned down, and she becomes a suspect.

Chester is accused of shooting a man he was escorting to jail.

Ben refuses a robber's offer to return the loot in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

Martha Chambers takes refuge from vengeful Indians at the Sherman ranch after she kills the son of a Pawnee chief in a moment of blind terror.

At the wedding of his daughter (Amy Stock-Poynton), retired marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) is shockingly charged with a murder he did not commit. Instead of a honeymoon, the newlyweds must instead flee with Dillon and try to help him clear his name by finding the real murderer. As a bounty-hunting posse pursues hot on their heels, the trio receives help from two unlikely sources: prostitute Uncle Jane Merkel (Ali MacGraw) and preacher John Parsley (James Brolin).

Confederate veteran John Chandler (Alan Ladd) returns from defeat in war to find his home razed, his wife dead and his young son, David (David Ladd), traumatized and rendered mute. Desperate to cure the boy, Chandler takes David to a small town in Illinois where he hopes to find a doctor. But, soon after the pair arrives, Chandler finds himself framed for assault - and forced to choose between serving hard time and working for struggling local farmer Linnett Moore (Olivia de Havilland).

An ex-convict and his partner eye an armored stagecoach full of gold fitted with a Gatling gun for protection.

Matt is suspended from his job after being accused of murdering a cattleman's partner.

A formerly straight cowboy discovers his penchant for stealing and murder.

A spinster's concern for her younger sister goes too far and ends in tragedy.

A proud widow hires a Civil War veteran to help recover the gold her late husband stole from Wells Fargo.

Ben Creed (Robert Wilke) plots a staged robbery of Cheyenne so he can regain the foreman's loyalty.

Cheyenne rides into trouble on the streets of Vera Cruz during Emperor Maximilian's reign of Mexico.

The Continental Army orders Daniel to blow up strategic bridges, but a farmer (Simon Oakland) will not let Boone blow up the bridge he needs to transport his goods.

Boone helps a suitor (John Davidson) build a nest egg to win the girl he loves (Shelley Fabares).

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

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Marshal Dillon rides into a range war while pursuing an outlaw.

A fugitive escaping murder charges kidnaps Hoss and schemes to kill him.

Obsessed to learn her late husband's past, Victoria endangers her life in a mining town.

When he kills the sheriff chasing him, an outlaw switches identities with the dead man and tries to fool Slim and Jess.

The so-called Robin Hood of the West saves Jess from a trio of Sioux warriors, then holds up the stage, robbing a banker and giving the cash to an elderly couple.

The blacksmith volunteers as acting deputy when Micah is out of town.

While on a cougar hunt, Lucas loses faith in his ability as a rifleman.

Manolito's rekindled romance with a childhood sweetheart takes a tragic turn when comancheros try to settle an old score.

Seth's distant cousin wants to start his own wagon train.

An British colonel (Charles Laughton) becomes the source of friction on the wagon train.

A trapper pursues the five Army deserters who beat his adopted Indian son and left him to die.

Bank robbers take Kitty hostage and threaten to kill her during an escape.

Jess saves a crippled Blackfoot youth from a scalp hunter despite the Army edict that forbids settlers from helping a member of the Blackfoot tribe.

A bounty hunter hopes Hardie will lead him to an outlaw.

A gunman finds his profession hard to quit.

A gang of bank robbers heads for Dodge City, but must deal with Matt before they can hit the bank.

A gang of bank robbers kidnap Doc Adams after one of them is injured.

Festus kills a drunken sharpshooter in self-defense, then leaves town to avoid arrest.

Matt tries to bring a man to justice despite a maniacal man's vengeful attacks.

A mule driver's wife and child are kidnapped by outlaws.

The son of an Apache chief fumes when a wild stallion he tries to capture is finally taken by Billy Blue.

Romance complicates the mission of an underground revolutionary from Ireland who sails for America to locate and kill a traitor.

An American Indian chief needs an operation after being shot, but won't accept help from the female Dr. Willoughby.

When Slim's former commander is wounded while riding the stage, he makes a stop at the Sherman ranch to rest and size up the politicians who are urging him to run for president.

With Pastor Judy Jacobs.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

After being duped into helping to shoot and kill an outlaw, Kitty is pursued by the man's brother.

A new manager on a neighboring ranch accuses the Cartwrights of rustling cattle.

Audra becomes involved with a young man whom the other Barkleys suspect of running a protection racket.

Slim finds the town turning against him when he presses charges after a neighbor kills Slim's new ranch hand.

An ex con forces Jess to take him to Utah, where Jess had killed the con's brother - and where that brother had hidden a large sum of cash.

An Indian is accused of a mining-camp murder.

Mark and Lucas find Winslow Quince stranded in the desert and help him to North Fork.

When John ignores complaints about work assignments, angry Buck leaves the Cannon ranch for good; guest Lou Frizzell.

Flint discovers that he has been set up after he accidentally shoots an innocent man.

Three bandits kidnap Hawks and try to pirate the wagon train.

Land-grabbers try to drive a squatter out of his cabin using violence.

A widow goes to great lengths to prevent her son's trial for murder.

Slim finds himself caught between an Army colonel and the Sioux nation when the colonel tries to force his agenda after Wounded Knee.

A reporter from the East asks about the life of Jim Hardie, a young drifter who ultimately became one of Wells Fargo's best investigators.

Young Jim Hardie and a cavalry patrol face a long trek across the desert as they escort a prisoner to a small town.

A boy's intense love for the guitar that used to belong to his father leads to murder.

Festus tries his best to help when Doc Adams is bitten by a snake.

A bandit holds hostages inside a church while Doc Adams treats his wounds.

An outlaw, after eight years as a farmer, rejoins his old gang to rob the freight office.

When a friendly wager involving a beautiful woman turns to murder, Hardie investigates a stagecoach robbery after the woman turns up with amnesia.

John is caught between warring tribes when he feeds Apache children, including Geronimo's grandson, orphaned by Pimas.

An unscrupulous frontiersman claims that, for a fee, he can lead a guilt-stricken man to his long-lost brother.

Flint poses as his former girlfriend's husband so she can keep her daughter.

Slim's girlfriend, feeling neglected, turns her attention to a charming gunslinger who's targeted her for extortion.

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With Christian success coach Dr. Dave Martin.

A gang of murderers called the Dog Soldiers swears vengeance against Matt for killing one of their members.

Ben's friend, a war hero bidding for the governorship, is discredited due to his hatred of the Indians.

The government wants an old man's land as the site for a beneficial dam.

When a cattleman who double-crossed Slim is later found dead, Slim becomes the prime suspect in the man's death.

A sick passenger arrives on the stage, looking for Jess, who wants nothing to do with the new arrival.

A boy not much older than Mark announces that he intends to kill Lucas.

Local bullies ridicule a Japanese royal visitor.

Victoria offers jewelry as collateral so Manolito can invest with Buck in a silver mine, which turns out worthless.

Flint and three others find a lost Aztec city.

Wagon trains vanish after going through a mountain pass.

Two reporters from New York incite a Pawnee uprising to get a good story.

Matt meets a boy on the prairie who claims that his father has been kidnapped.

Jess, acting as deputy while Mort is in Denver, must foil a murder plot against an ex-con, who is also seeking revenge.

Jim Hardie questions the guilt of a soldier who's been accused of murder and of theft from a Wells Fargo stagecoach.

Hardie is called to investigate when a rash of robberies occurs at Leadville, but his arrival is less than auspicious when he's relieved of his wallet and gun by an old woman who robs the stage.

An Indian girl defies the laws of her people to save her father.

An outlaw is determined to free his brother from jail after a robbery gone wrong.

Doc is abducted and forced to operate on a child during a fishing trip with Festus.

Private detectives lay a trap for a fugitive using the man's daughter (Kim Darby) and Kitty as the bait.

Two sideshow hypnotists, The Great Reardon and his wife, use their powers to fleece a gold-mine owner after Hardie hires them to serve as entertainment at a Wells Fargo celebration.

The Cannon ranch foreman vows revenge when he learns his daughter has been killed by his adopted brother.

A samurai warrior (Sessue Hayakawa) fails in his efforts to bring the ashes of his master back to Japan.

Adams and McCullough fight and go their separate ways.

While he's acting sheriff, Jess finds his sister in Laramie, trying to get permission to bury her husband, who was a well-known outlaw.

With Pastor Steve Munsey.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

A Kansas farmer (Scott Brady) dreams of making it rich with his quarter horse.

A new doctor in town offers his services when influenza strikes the Ponderosa.

Heath faces off with the young head of a fanatic society secretly planning to blow up a Barkley mine.

A wounded outlaw's brother kidnaps Slim and a vet and takes them to the gang's hideout to tend the injured man.

An injured marshal, transporting a prisoner to court to testify, is forced to seek help at the Sherman ranch, where they are surrounded by gang members who want to prevent the prisoner's testimony.

Rumors that Mark may be mixed up with thieves shake Lucas.

A poisonous snake gives a prisoner his chance to escape.

Bandits steal Manolito's tempestuous girlfriend and the money entrusted to him to buy cattle; guest Malachi Throne.

Flint and his party get bogged down by heavy rain.

Major tells a former Armer doctor a story that sets him straight.

During a heavy snowstorm Matt seeks shelter in a prairie cabin and encounters two bank robbers.

A bride's brother is suspected of killing the groom after the wedding.

Slim's attempt to help an old friend goes awry when the man is suspected of murder.

Hardie's curious when a successful stage-line owner suddenly decides to sell out, at a very low price.

Hardie is sent to guard a shipment of old paper money being sent to San Francisco to be destroyed when he gets a tip that a robbery is planned.

The son and daughter of feuding homesteaders fall in love, with disastrous consequences.

Illiterate Festus takes a job as a reporter with the newspaper.

A ruthless gunman, out to defy law and order, comes up against Matt Dillon.

Matt Dillon tries to protect a notorious gunman who is just out of prison and trying to go straight but keeps getting in trouble.

An assistant attorney general uses Matt's friendship for an outlaw to further his political career.

When two ex-con brothers kidnap the man who put them in jail, Hardie investigates.

Buck's illusions about saloon ownership are shattered when a temperance group targets his new establishment.

The wagon train encounters a feisty landowner who won't let the group cross her property unless they pay a toll to a sadistic foreman.

A girl who has consumption heads to Colorado in hope of a recovery.

As Slim escorts young Virg Walker back to Laramie, it is discovered that Virg is using money from a stage coach robbery and murder.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

With Dan Willis.

A little cowboy riding a giant horse rides into Dodge claiming that the horse turns into an elephant when the moon is full.

A protester posing as a newspaperman plans to disrupt an Indian treaty-signing in Virginia City.

A Spanish nobleman threatens to foreclose on ranchers when Heath falls for his daughter (Katharine Ross).

When Slim is wounded and another man killed, Jess hunts the shooter, identifying the man by his horse.

Slim's half-Cheyenne neighbor considers inviting some of his tribe to join him on the ranch he inherited from his father.

Lucas' lust for revenge nearly ruins his life.

Lucas uses a bullet as evidence to convict a crooked gambler.

Mark is injured in an accident that leaves his legs paralyzed.

A stranger arrives on the McCain ranch claiming to be a friend of Lucas'.

Flint discovers that Jane Hawkins is wanted for the murder of a rancher's son.

A widower with a young son looks for a new wife.

A man mistakenly turns himself in for murder, and Matt is determined to find the real killer.

Ranchers discover they have lynched the wrong man, and someone is getting revenge.

After threatening a rancher, Jess is framed when that rancher is murdered, and must join an outlaw gang while trying to clear his name.

Hardie meets a woman whose estranged husband is a wanted outlaw.

Hardie stops a group of vigilante cowboys from hanging an accused cow rustler, only to learn that the young man he saved is notorious criminal Tom Horn.

Matt tries to protect the sole witness to a murder from the ruthless outlaws who intend to silence the man.

Matt and Chester happen upon a remote desert ranch and an old man dying of an injury that may not be accidental.

Matt Dillon steps in to stop outlaws who have attacked a prospector whose life savings are stashed on his property.

No one believes an over-imaginative boy who stumbles upon the secluded shack of a highwayman and his accomplice wife.

Matt decides to fight fire with fire when a landowner tries to evict a stubborn homesteader and almost starts a range war.

A reformed outlaw wants to go straight, but a bounty hunter has other plans for him.

Mattie Appleyard (James Stewart) has spent the last 40 years behind bars and is finally out. A model prisoner and a hard worker, Appleyard saved up over $25,000 while in prison and entrusted the money to prison guard "Doc" Council (George Kennedy). Appleyard, along with his two ex-con friends, plans to become a respectable citizen by using the money to open a general store - but it soon becomes clear that Doc and an unscrupulous banker have no intention of letting him go straight.

Dave Harmon (Clint Walker) is the new sheriff in Yuma, Ariz., and he has his hands full as soon as he arrives. Brothers Sam (Bruce Glover) and Rol King (Neil Russell) hold up a stagecoach, and Harmon slaps them in jail. When Rol is killed in an attempted escape, Harmon is wrongly accused of shooting him, and the Kings' big brother, Arch (Morgan Woodward), will not stand for it. Hoping to avoid another killing, Harmon vows to catch Rol's killer and put things to right.

When an epidemic forces Richardson to leave and bring back a new team of healthy horses, he is mistaken for a thief.

Injured on the trail, Jess is found by an old friend who has been rustling cattle in the area, and finds himself mistaken for one of the rustlers.

With Perry Stone.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

With Pastor Steve Munsey.

A young man arrives in North Fork to claim the body of his dead brother.

A gunman threatens to kill Micah and Lucas tries to help.

Lucas is accused of murder by a man who claims to be an eyewitness.

Mark deliberately disobeys his father and a convicted prisoner escapes.

John and Billy Blue set themselves up for attack to prove an Indian agent has hired a renegade chief to steal government cattle.

Nick and Heath are convicted of trumped-up charges in a strange town and forced to work on a corrupt warden's chain gang.

John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas Mitchell), a lady of ill repute (Claire Trevor) and a timid liquor salesman (Donald Meek) are among the motley crew of travelers who must contend with an escaped outlaw, the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), and the ever-present threat of an Apache attack as they make their way across the Wild West.

Ever since Alan Johnson (Christopher Reeve) freed Britt "Black Fox" Johnson (Tony Todd) from slavery, the two have considered each other not just friends but blood brothers. The two men, with their families, move to the recently settled Texas wilds to start over, away from the plantations of the South. But the local Indian tribes don't want them there, and start kidnapping settler women and children. Since the Indians won't talk to white men, Britt is sent to try and negotiate with them.

Wild West outpost Hard Times comes under attack by the Man From Bodie (Aldo Ray), a villain who conducts a one-man rape, murder and arson campaign that leaves few survivors. One of the stranger's victims, saloon dancer Molly (Janice Rule), blames pacifistic mayor Will Blue (Henry Fonda) for not stopping the rampage. Fearful the man may come back, she teaches adolescent orphan Jimmy Fee (Michael Shea) how to shoot a gun. When the stranger does return, the survivors must band together to stop him.

Several homesteaders are gunned down at the doors of their remote cabins by a mysterious slayer.

A cowpoke is branded a killer by a vengeful man who hopes to see him dead.

Matt is suspected of murdering an unarmed robber, but has no memory of the event.

A morale-boosting tribute to the US Navy's Construction Battalions who followed behind the troops invading Pacific islands held by the Japanese to build runways, roads and bridges. Wedge Donovan is the civilian head of a construction company approached by the Navy to train their men as specialists. Instead, the impetuous Donovan wants to prove his crew are up to the job, but they are shot up by the Japanese.

A boy is accused of shooting an outlaw in the back.

Robbery witness Ike McSwain (Travis Fine) is pursued by the criminals he is to testify against. With Ty Miller and Josh Brolin.

Slim and Jess hope to sell horses to the stage line and collect the extra money offered, so Jess goes in search of horses to sell.

When a new marshal arrives in town, he and Jess don't get along and Jess refuses to be deputized until a neighbor is killed and all hands are needed to defend the town.

With Dr. Mike Murdock.

Biblical principles of wisdom that help individuals face life's successes.

In this weekly program, Dr. David Jeremiah delivers practical messages to the congregation at the Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego. Also featured is music from the Shadow Mountain Community Church Choir and Orchestra, as well as performances by musical guests that have included Steve Green and Charles Billingsley. Men and women who have been impacted by the Turning Point ministry also share their stories with viewers. During the month of December, "Turning Point" usually features special Christmas programming.

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Pastor Michael Youssef proclaims God's word to all the people around the world through the ministries of Leading The Way.

An Eastern photographer who will do anything for a picture enters sacred Indian land.

A trigger-happy homesteader claims the reward for shooting a wanted criminal but then learns that he shot the wrong man.

A waitress conceals her job from an ex-fiance to try to avoid trouble.

Matt hears that an unknown assailant plans to kill him just before an attempt is made on his life.

A man (Ramon Navarro) who boasts about his ancestry possesses a legitimate land grant.

Gil Brady seeks out help from his brother-in-law, Jess Harper, when he deserts the calvary and heads for Canada.

After the Civil War, rancher Thomas Dunson (James Arness) leads a dangerous cattle drive across Texas with a team that includes his adopted son, Matthew (Bruce Boxleitner), and black cowboy Jack Byrd (Stan Shaw), whose presence annoys some of the white cowboys. Fearful of Indians and struggling through the dry terrain, Dunson's men grow increasingly unhappy with his authoritarian ways. Fed up, rebellious Matthew goes to work for another ranch, infuriating his father.

Fictional account of the development of the Gatling gun and the impact it had on the Western frontier.

Unaware that the Civil War has ended, Col. John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) successfully attacks a Confederate company led by James Langdon (Rock Hudson). With the remnants of Langdon's squadron fleeing to Mexico, Thomas and his adopted Native American son, Blue Boy (Roman Gabriel), gather a herd of horses and head for the border with their company, to sell them. After Langdon's caravan is captured by a Mexican general (Tony Aguilar), Thomas nobly sacrifices the horses to free them.

Matt thinks a man accused of murder is being framed, despite an apparent eyewitness account.